CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) ERROR PROTECTION MECHANISM

A method of operation of a compute system comprising: operating a controller area network with a first node including a first error counter and a second node including a second error counter; transmitting a message from the first node to the second node over the controller area network; detecting an error by the first node or the second node; incrementing the first error counter or the second error counter based on whichever the first node or the second node that detected the error; and shutting off an on-board diagnostic port when the first error counter or the second error counter reaches a shut-off threshold.